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Talking to the media on the sidelines of a BJP function here, he said that as a law student "I know that the Kathua rape and murder case is sub-judice and we need not comment on it, yet I know that the most powerful institution in our country is the judiciary.

"Those guilty of this heinous crime would get exemplary punishment and no innocent person would suffer."

In January, an eight-year-old girl from Kathua was abducted, gang raped and murdered, triggering widespread outrage.